Show i GLEANINGS GLEANINGS' FROM 1 V VARIOUS ARIOUS FIELDS 1 1 1 MOROCCO IN N D DECAY Y Morocco flares up feebly now nose and s then as a subject of interest demanding demandIng demand demand- ing a paragraph or two in the th newspapers newspapers pers A Riff Rift o outrage a a. rumored advance ad ad- Y vance of France in the direction d m of Tafil t few people know where is photographic extravagance e of a Abdul Abdu Aziz or the abduction of f a. a aSpan aSpan- Span Spanish ish boy or girl by mountain mountain- mountaineers take their place among snippets snippets I to be forgotten the next day dayi In truth Morocco is Is a terra incognita which Is supposed su posed to be interpreted by ten days at the hybrid seaport of Tangier or a s- in one gf Forwood's For- For Forwood's Forwood's call li at the coast ports woods wood's comfortable steamers A number num number ber er of worthless books on the country and a jew a-jew- Jew which are admirable have failed td tt interest and enlighten th the tho general general gen gen- the great eral erat public so that whenever upheaval comes and the decaying em- em into prominence ce by th the jUe pire i ought European pf gf which its destinies will be the occasion littlemore little littlemore more will be he known of the causes of its it's decay than if it were a province of Mars Mars London London Chronicle BRIDGETS BRIDGET'S SHY BEAU 1 Bridget Budget the pretty young maid of allwork allwork all allwork work employed fn ro roe a e. Boston family confided to her mistress when taking service that she had lately become engaged engage engaged en en- gage to b be married married- She stated however how holy ever ever that she and Tim would have h ve veto to wait two years and in the mean meantime meantime meantime time she wished to be earning money When Tim made his first call one I evening the family remarked that they had never known so quiet a a man man The The sound of Bridgets Bridget's voice rose now now and and then them from the kitchen but Tims j jwo wo words ds ds were apparently f few fv v and id a fat far f f be be- tween Tim is not much o of a a. talker alk r is he Bridget said th the mistress of f the house th the Ii next ext morning mornin I 1 scarcely have known there th re was any anyone anyOne one One- with you last la last evening Hell Hell He'll 11 t talk more when W we weve we've ve Jve been Hell Hell He'll 11 t talk more when W we weve we've ve Jve been engaged a while longer Im I'm m thinking meem said sald little Bridget Hes too bashful yet yet yetto to do anything but eat et ft maam ma'am en hes he's wid vid me i Bost Boston n Herald ENGLISH OBTUSENESS Two To Englishmen were dl discussing with Mark Twain the old topic of American humor homer as not appreciated by foreigners rs But Dut are the English really S so I obtuse asked dime one ne of them Obtuse You You cant can't get an idea Into im an ri Englishman's head with a surgical operation declared Mark Twain The questioner remained in solemn though though for though for for a Go moment moment Then he broke into a hearty laugh Quite a delicious jol joke e he ex ex- claimed Though of course if you were to open the Englishman's skull you YOl would kill him would you not not Mark Marlc Twain turned to the second Eng Englishman What did I 1 tell teU you you He lIe wants to know whether it wouldn't km him Tire countenance of the second Englishman Englishman Englishman En En- was like e a blank wall it he ho Je queried New Queried New York Tim Times |